A Visit from the Past

My colleague gave me these cute biscuits to cheer me up last week :) when I was stress up by my boss...

We celebrated ger's birthday on saturday at a KTV. I couldn't sing much as I was bothered by a cough. Kc came with his gf and all of us were surprised to learn that they got engaged! Kc just finished his Masters in the US and has found a job at a bank in Toyko. His gf will also tag along and find a job there. I was so envious of Kc to be able to get a high-paying job overseas. I wonder if I ever have the chance to work overseas in future. Anyway, it was great to catch up with him after so long and we mentioned that we should gather everyone for dinner before they jet off to Japan. After the KTV, the rest of us headed to causeway point. A few of us competed with each other in a basketball dunking game at the games arcade. Score points by throwing the ball into the basket. Well...I lost....I never really played basketball before my whole life. Captain's ball and netball...yes...and they seem more fun to me. But I do enjoy watching basketball matches. Suddenly, I remembered that I used to watch the NBA series after "O" levels and it was during the period when I was working as a part-time waitress while waiting for my polytechnic term to start. There was a TV in the cafe where I worked and me and my colleagues would be glued to the TV, watching the games until the cafe opens and its time for work. (The Chicago Bulls was the dominating team at that time, not sure about now.....Michael Jordan was still playing then...)Those days working at the country club cafe was quite fun.

Met yh, yx and 3sa for a chat yesterday afternoon and they showed me a chinese magazine which has a detailed horoscope outlook for the whole year in areas like love, money, relationship, career, health...everything! But I needed their help to read and explain some of the terms to me because it was too difficult for me. My chinese sucks! My horoscope tells me that I will have some luck in love this year but I need to be cautious in my behaviour towards the other party. Take the opportunity to know the guy first. I also need to be careful in my expenditure and think carefully before I sign on any written contracts. Hmm.....

My boss is on leave this week so I guess I will enjoy the peace for now....but there are still lots of things to do. I received a call for a last minute request to loan a place for a photoshoot in my company and I realised I actually knew the fashion stylist from my previous job. I was so happy to see her when her team arrived and she was also surprised to see me as well. We greeted each other with a hug! Sigh...the meeting brought back memories of my old job again. My stylist friend brought a well-known celebrity to do a photoshoot at our place. I was glad we were able to let her use the area for a while. We said goodbye and I told her to take care. This short meeting made my day : ) I never expect to see her again after I quit my previous job and I hope this meeting is a sign of better things to come....

7 April 2008 9.29pm

Quiz Time!

My babe sandra made me do this quiz 'cos i was tagged in her blog.....and because it will take me ages to complete the quiz in chinese..I shall answer in English first...sorry sandra....can? haha....I will translate to chinese when I have the time...haha..here goes....

被點到名字的要在自己的博客裏寫下自己的答案，然後去掉一個你最不喜歡的問題再补上一個你的問題，仍然組成20個問題，傳給其他8個人，列出其他8個需要回答問題的人的名字，還要到這8個人的博客裏留言通知對方----你被點名了，被點名者不得拒絕回答問題，完成遊戲的人將會永遠得到大家的祝福。這8個人要在自己的博客裏註明是從哪裏接到的，並且再傳給其他8個人，讓遊戲繼續下去，不得囘傳。被點到名字的人將會得到大家的祝福，並且所有美好的願望都會在不久的將來實現。游戲開始：

1.小时候的理想是什么？

Erm.....I didn't really have an exact ambition but i did dream about being a beauty pagent queen...haha...I know...I do not have the requirements to be one but it was for fun. :)

2.这辈子最快乐的是什么事？

Hmm....I would have to say when I got together with my ex-boyfriend. Yes, although we are not together anymore but I will still remember the happy memories always. We have not keep in touch with each other since but I hope he is doing fine.

3.你覺得，什麽樣的事情可以讓你廢寢忘食，埋頭苦幹？

I guess its for the job that I really love. I don't mind putting in sweat and tears and forgetting meals to get the job done and at the end of it, receive a sense of satisfaction that is well-worth.

4.如果有机会的话，你最想对你讨厌的人说些什么？

You have a really sad life. You are the most selfish person I have ever met. Wake up and go think about it!

5.你最想去哪个地方？

Hmm.....New York and Spain? I would like to visit Ground Zero at New York City where the twin towers got hit and collasped in 2000. I feel that the world has changed to what it is today was due to that fateful event. As for Spain, I like the spanish language and actually learnt the basics of it. I hope to continue to master the language when I have the chance and vist Spain so that I can easily converse with the people there!

6.最受不了自己哪个缺点？

My bad-temper.......and being pessimistic.....

7.如果有不开心的事情，你会怎么办？

As I am pessimistic, I tend to just moped around and sulk when unhappy things happen but I have learnt to try to take things easy and deal with it....Not all the time but I always try harder to be optimistic.

8.做过最可怕的梦是什么？

I dreamt that my mum left us and went to another world....in an accident...

9.五年内比较现实的目标是什么？

I think it would be promotion to a senior executive level and getting a salary amount where I can comfortably support myself and my parents. The other one would be married to the love of my love and have a nice home of our own.

10.若遇見喜歡的人，你會怎樣做？

Try to know this person as much as I could to get to know him better and grab every opportunity to be with him. :)

11.現在最想做什么事情？

Get a marcom job in the fashion retail line. This is the industry where I want to build up my carrer and will not make another mistake again!

12.你最希望你的另一半对你做的一件事？

Just show me that you really love me and I must be able to feel your love. Give me security and assurance and I will be true to you always.

13.最喜歡和另一半一起做的事情?

Erm...not attached now...but if I have a bf, I would like that the both of us cook a nice meal together and enjoy it. :)

14.你最讨厌怎样的人？

Someone who is inconsiderate and disrecpectful. Also people who don't communicate directly with me whenever he or she is not happy with something also irks me.

15.什么情况下，你最容易紧张？

Eh.....when I am facing situations where I do not know very much of the matter at hand and had to actually show that I know what I am doing but looked totally lost in it.

16.你最想为另一半做的一件事情？

Just be there for him in good times and bad times.....especially bad times.....

17.什么人最让你受不了？

Indecisiveness? But I think I am also one....haha

18.最喜欢自己的一点？

I like that I am a responsible person and also a good listener.

19.如果能够让你卸下工作，抛开学习，给你自己放一整天的假，你会...learn something that I do not know how to do which are cycling, rollerblading and getting my driving skills back!

20.觉得人生最重要的事情是什么？

Learn to take things easy.....I guess....

点 名：Anyone who saw this post must do it in their blog...haha.....

4 Apr 2008 10.42pm

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Mel said I can be sad....but I cannot be sad for too long.....

trying and trying to get my life back on track...

but why are all these happening?





3 Apr 2008 9.45pm

A Chat can do Wonders....

I think I might have enough of this. I am on the verge of giving up...

For the past few days, we were busy working on the usual work tasks and rushing to get the collateral to print. On Monday morning, I received a pack of brochures where my company was a partner in a international event. As the morning meeting already started, I passed some copies of the brochures straight out from the packaging to my boss who was rushing to the meeting.

When she came back, she was pissed off that I didn't check the brochure beforehand. Our company was not mentioned in it and she passed the brochure around until someone pointed out the omission. As usual, she blamed me for causing her the embarrassment and I thought to myself why didn't she take a look at the brochure first before blindly handing it out, if let's say, I am somewhat to blame. However, how would I know the brochure did not feature us? Its an event brochure that we are participating in so it is reasonable to assume we are in it! She also asked why we have not done an event poster which was mentioned at a meeting last wed. My GM asked about it at the meeting. My colleagues and I were busy with a lot of stuff and she failed to understand that we were still working on it. She was blaming us why we didn't get it done quick. And then she went on nagging at me about the 3rd draft of the collateral, telling me to rush the vendor to send it to us quickly and said she was being nice to help me forward the other draft to the other depts and my GM last friday night. I was taken aback again. Aren't we a team? Isn't it part of everyone's job that we help each other when the need arises? She made it sound like she is doing something that is not under her job scope. Sigh....I was so frustrated that morning with my boss...she was not being helpful at all in getting the collateral done. She just kept going at me and want things to go her way and not understanding our situation at all!

Needless to say, these two days were not that smooth-going at the office. My boss kept making changes even after me and my colleagues have looked though the collateral to make sure everything was in order. This morning, the final copy came in. I told her I have looked through and only minor changes are needed. I send the file to my vendor to get them started on the EDM version. In the afternoon, she wanted to make changes again and I was pissed off why she couldn't make the change in the morning! Worse, she called my colleague down to tell her the changes to make when I could not understand why she can't explain the changes to me instead as I was the one doing the checking and coordination work of the collateral from the beginning. I was really angry and told her that I would greatly appreciate that she tell me things that she need me to do PERSONALLY in future. She replied that since we have spotted some errors, we should change it and even mentioned something back that we are a team! Team my ass! Alright, making any last minute changes to make the collateral look good, I can accept that but I just cannot take it that she can't communicate or talk to me personally on the editing required. Except for a grammar error and sentence structure, there were changes which I felt were not necessary. I have been thinking that if she is more involved in the whole process, which I tried to get her in but she chose to brush it off and made excuses that she is very busy, the copywriting for the collateral could have been better and completed earlier!

Ok....very angry and upset today.....anyway the collateral will be printed tomorrow after much turmoil. After I left the office, I went for an appointment near my university where I had a chat with someone about the industry I am currently in. The meeting left me thinking whether my job suits me or not. As its only been about 2 years since I started working, he told me it is not too late to make a switch. If I can see myself working in that industry as a career for life and really possess the enthusiasm and real interest in it, then go for it. I have to balme myself for making a mistake of leaving my previous job. I seriously want to go back to where I was.

Still searching for the light...no April's Fool joke..

2 April 2008 10.28pm